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Historical Event on 6/16/1998
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/31/1997 | INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned. |
| 10/9/2000 | A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases. |
| 3/3/1952 | The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 6/20/1979 | Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur. |
| 4/24/1965 | Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal. |
| 3/30/1993 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away. |
| 6/23/1920 | Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born. |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
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